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Alexander, John Richard
Austen, Robert
Austin, Horatio Thomas
Bell, Richard Frederick
Birdwood, Field Marshal William Riddell
Bonner-Smith, David
Burridge, Richard
Captain Richard Woodget
Cary, Anthony
Christie, William Henry Mahoney
Collinson, Richard
Cornwallis, Charles
Cotten, Richard
Cunningham, Andrew Browne
Dawkins, Richard
Dewar, Kenneth Gilbert Balmain
Ellis, Richard
Foot, George Alfred
Grindall, Richard
Haddock, Richard
Hall Gower, Richard
Hamilton, Richard Vesey
Herbert, Thomas
Hildyard, Richard
Hinks, Arthur Robert
Howe, Richard
Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799
Keats, Richard Goodwin
Keppel, Colin Richard
Lee, Thomas
Lickis, Thomas Richardson
Lord-Macquitty Collection
Lowther, John
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Merrony, Richard
Nicholson, Richard Lindsay
Oliphant, Laurence Richard
Oliver, Richard Aldworth
Oliver-Bellasis, Richard
Onslow, Richard
Parr, Richard
Petty Officer Richard Cotten
Pitcairn-Jones, Charles Gray
Pitcairn-Jones, Lewis John
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly
Poulden, Richard
Priestman, Henry
Purefoy, Richard Purefoy FitzGerald
Relf, Richard
Rich, Robert
Richard
Richards, Frederick William
Richardson, James
Richmond, Herbert William
Ross, James Clark
Russell, Edward
Southerne, James
Strachan, Richard John
Thomas & Richard Walker, Manufacturers & Merchants Of Manchester
Thursfield, James Richard
Tiddeman, Richard, Captain, Ca.1702-1762
Vaughan, John
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Collinson
Wace, Oliver Richard
Webb, Richard
Williams, Richard Norris
Woodget, Richard
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Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799 (Manuscript)
HOW/5
Signal book with watercolour illustrations of flags, n.d.
Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799 (Manuscript)
HOW/6
Signals including cards of flags and fog signals, plan of fleet, day and night signals, n.d.
Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799 (Manuscript)
HOW/7
Notebook entitled 'Sundry thoughts on signals', unsigned
Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea, 1772. (Manuscript)
1772
HOW/8/A
Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea, Eleventh Edition, printed in 1772. An annotated copy with blank sheets between the printed pages.
Uncatalogued: Papers and books of Thomas Richardson Lickis, master mariner (Manuscript)
1840-1878
MSS/76/098
Papers of the master mariner Thomas Richardson Lickis (1822-1894), including business letters, receipts from provision merchants, charter parties, indentures, testimonials and various certificates.…
Article on the personality of Nelson and notes on Arctic travellers, with related letters. (Manuscript)
1829-1912
VHM/11/1
Article 'The Personality of Nelson' written by Hamilton and letters to the editor of 'The Times' newspaper. A typescript copy of a letter to Sir Byam Martin from James C. Ross, discussing his voyage on the VICTORY and difficulties during his second Arctic expedition, 1829-1833.…
Admiral's private out letterbook of HMS AUDACIOUS, China, 1885-1886. (Manuscript)
1885-1886
VHM/3
Admiral's private out letterbook of HMS AUDACIOUS flag ship, China Station Oct 1885-86
Papers relating to Crimea, West Africa, Newfoundland and Bermuda, 1854-1864. (Manuscript)
1854-1864
VHM/7/B
Folder containing papers relating to the Crimea, West Africa, Newfoundland and Bermuda. 1854-1864.
Papers relating to home waters, 1872-1883. (Manuscript)
1872-1883
VHM/7/C
Folder containing papers relating to Home Waters. 1872-1883.
Papers relating to China, the Admiralty and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1887-1894. (Manuscript)
1887-1894
VHM/7/D
Folder containing papers relating to China, the Admiralty and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 1887-1894.
Specification for a patent issued to Thomas Walker and others for a machine for the cylindrical printing of paper and textiles, 1772. (Manuscript)
1772
WKR/1/1
Specification for a patent issued to Thomas Walker and others, merchants of Manchester, for a machine for the cylindrical printing of paper and textiles, 1772
Account book relating to Pursery etc., n.d. (Manuscript)
TID/35
Account book relating to pursery etc., including instructions to pursers, blank forms etc., n.d.
Sea shanties. (Manuscript)
DAW/15
Sea shanties, one sheet of holograph with two of typescript.
Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857. (Manuscript)
1837
DAW/13
Printed book 'Outlines of Naval Routine' dated 1837, owned by Dawkins in 1857.
Station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861. (Manuscript)
1861
DAW/5
Service Career 1841-75: station bill of HMS MARS dated 1861.
Typescript transcripts of papers from the Keats collection, 1757-1834. (Manuscript)
1757 - 1834
KEA/20
Typescript transcripts of papers from the Keats collection, 1757-1834; includes a list of the letters and documents organized by piece number.
Howe, Richard, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Earl Howe, 1726-1799 (Manuscript)
1799
HOW/11
Volume containing press cuttings and biographical material on Howe, including an elegy on his death, 1799 and a copy of part of letter describing King's visit to QUEEN CHARLOTTE (HOW/2)
Admiralty order to Collinson to take command of HMS ENTERPRISE and HMS INVESTIGATOR, 1850 (Manuscript)
1850-01-15
CLS/55
Admiralty order to Collinson to take command of HMS ENTERPRISE and HMS INVESTIGATOR and proceed by the Magellan Straits and Hawaii to join the western search for Sir John Franklin 15 January 1850
Report of the committee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic expedition 1877 (Manuscript)
1877
CLS/53/2
Report of the committee appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to enquire into the causes of the outbreak of scurvy in the recent Arctic expedition 1877
Miscellaneous printed paper: 'Journal of the Royal United Service Institiution', Volume 23 1880 (Manuscript)
1880
CLS/54/2
Miscellaneous printed paper: 'Journal of the Royal United Service Institiution', Volume 23 1880
Volume dated 12 Feb 1808 containing Hebrew vocabularies, Biblical translations and notes on Thomas Ruggle's 'History of the Poor' (Manuscript)
1808-02-12
CLS/46
Volume dated 12 Feb 1808 containing Hebrew vocabularies, Biblical translations and notes on Thomas Ruggle's 'History of the Poor', probably made by Richard Collinson's father the Reverend John Collinson
Navy Records Society: Letters from Admiral Sir Richard V. Hamilton, 1896. (Manuscript)
1896
LGH/19/5
Navy Records Society. Correspondence to J K Laughton from contributors to Navy Records Society volumes. 3 letters from Admiral Sir Richard V. Hamilton to Laughton, 15 Dec-18 Dec 1896. [1 folder]
Letters from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1810. (Manuscript)
1810
KEA/12
Letters from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1810.
Notes on naval heroes. (Manuscript)
VHM/11/2
Notes on 'Naval Heroes' including Lord Rodney, Lord Hood, Sir T Byam Martin, Lord St Vincent and Admiral Lord Nelson.
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